In 2018 Russian Railroad purchased 985.5 thousand tons of rails. EvrazHolding LLC supplied 775.6 thousand tons and Mechel – 209.9 thousand tons. In particular, RZhD bought 519.1 thousand tons of 100-meter rails: 204.7 thousand tons from Mechel and 314.4 thousand tons from EvrazHolding. (Ukrainian metal)
Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) has concluded an agreement with Metinvest-SMC LLC for the delivery of rails valued at 31.58 million UAH. The company has to deliver 973 tons of R65 rails with the length of 25 meters at 27203-27622 UAH per ton. In Ukraine such rails are only produced by Azovstal Iron and Steel Works. In…
In 2017 Russian Railroads purchased 1 million 56.3 thousand tons of rails. In particular, Evraz sold 719.8 thousand tons and Mechel – 329 thousand tons. Some 7.5 thousand tons were purchased from Aktyubinsk Rail and Beam Works (Kazakhstan). RZhD uses rails both for new construction and for repair. In 2016 RZhD purchased 947.7 thousand tons…
In January-October Russia exported 200.8 thousand tons of rails, up by 19% and the highest result in the past 7 years. Pakistan was the main importer of Russian rails – 39.4 thousand tons, up 6-fold. Belarus imported 31.4 thousand tons, up 2.4-fold, followed by South Korea (21.8 thousand tons, up by 75%). For the first…
Kazakh Aktobe Rail-Belt Plant LLP (ARBP) and Russian Railways signed an agreement on supply of 7,500 tons of R65 rails to Russia. The agreement was signed by the Head of Kazakhstan Railways Kanat Alpysbaev and the President of Russian Railways Oleg Belozerov at the 19th meeting of the Kazakhstan-Russia intergovernmental commission for trade and economic…
In January-June Russian Railroads bought 553.5 thousand tons of rails. All the rails are bought from Russian manufacturers. In particular Evraz supplied 397.1 thousand tons of rails, and Mechel – 156.4 thousand tons. This year Russian Railroads intends to buy around 1 million tons of rails: some 700 thousand tons from Evraz and 330 thousand…
Rails produced by Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works has demonstrated high strength during the tests at the Russian scientific and research institute of railroad transport. ChMK products have withstood the loading of 750 million ton-km. The rails have been tested since 2014. ChMK started producing new rails in 2013 having put a rail-beam mill into…
Ukrzaliznytsia has announced a purchase of railroad rails, joint bars and rail chairs with the total cost of 2019.367 million UAH. In particular, the company will buy 63 thousand tons of railroad rails at the expected price of 1779.846 million UAH, as well as 6668 tons of chairs and 1176 tons of joint bars at…